Desertjunkie760's 2011 Not So Basic but Never a Bad Bitch Build Thread

It’s nerf or nothin

 

2012 conversion

 

Little update on the most recent project. Picked up a set of the new frame brace reinforcements from JD Fab. Thought it would be a simple project that would take two or so days. Turns out I was wrong, per the usual and the project has taken much longer.

Regardless, I've been making progress. The brace is fairly well designed and is a "bolt on" product. That said, you may have to finesse the braces onto the frame on a truck that has been used as there is obviously a lot of movement in the frame. The brace bolts to the factory bump stop mount holes so you do have to figure out a new bump stop configuration. I already had hydros in custom mounts so I simply got new cans and made new gussets, welding the new can directly to the brace. Pretty happy with how it's turned out so far but only time will tell how well I cycled.



I also learned from the first go around of bump stop mounts that dirt, water, debris, etc can get inside the top of the can and cause corrosion over time making threading the bump out a PITA! I use the Fox threaded IFP bump stops which have been great, but I wanted to address the corrosion issue. Modified the can a little for my purpose.

 

Some pics from this trip that I never got to posting.







And camping food because this is equally as important.

 

IMG_7702 by Cory Bechtold, on Flickr

 

Big Rubicon guy now...